Eyelet.



PATENTE!) APR. 19, 1904.

J. o. ENGELS.

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IOHANN GASPAR ENGELS, 0F BARMEN, GERMANY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatenigNO. 757 ,605, dated April19, 1904.

i Application iiled July 19, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHANN GASPAR ENGELS, a subject of the King ofPrussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at Barmen, in the KingdomofPrussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEyelets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to eyelets for eyeletholes, such as are used forlacing shoes, stays, and other articles of dress. Such eyelets areusually provided with a coating for concealing the metal surface, bothfor the purpose of protection of the same and for decorative purposes.In the eyelets of this kind as heretofore manufacturedV the coating orcovering of celluloid, rubber, varnish, japan, pasteboard, papier-mch,or other material of this kind was secured to the upper flanged part ofthe eyelet in such a manner that the coating was placed around the upperand under surface of the flange, so that part of the rather `brittlefragile coating or covering was inserted between the lowersurface of theeyelet-iiange and the leather, whereby it was impossible to so securethe eyelet in and to the leather that slipping of the eyelet on accountof the smooth surface of the intervening lower part of the covering wasinduced and the eyelet easily got loose. Moreover, the pressure of theflange against the leather gave rise to the slipping off of the lowerpart of the covering between the flange and the leather, and this verysoon resulted in the breaking of the upper portion of the cover, also inview of the glass-like character of the covering, whereby small iissuresproduced by the pressure on the leather caused it to peel and to scale oreadily. Moreover, in the eyelets as heretofore constructed thecovering, in view of its being bent below the iiange also, was not verysecuredly connected to the edges of the iiange, which in most cases wereal-l lowed to flare outwardly and were liable to out the covering, inview of the dierence of extension of the leather and of the liange, soas to be another cause of .the ready cracking and peeling ofi" of thecoating or cover of the flanged part of the eyelets.`

By my invention I produce an eyelet in l serial No. 24,233. (No man.)

which the cover of celluloid, ebcnite, or other suitable material issecurely connected to the metal portion of the eyelet in such mannerthat when the eyelet is inserted and secured in an article none of thecovering material will be interposed between the metal of the eyelet andsuchY article.

In the accompanying drawings, lFiguresl to 4, inclusive, are sectionalviews showing my improved eyelet at different stages of its manufacture.Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, aresimilar views showinga modied form of themetal part of the eyelet.

In constructing the eyelet as shown in Figs. 1 to i there is preferablyused a tubular metal body o, provided with aliange at its upper end, andover the tubular body is passed from below a metal ring The ringconsists of a horizontal plate which on the outer border is bent-upward.Afterthe ringhas been placed on the tubular body a ring of celluloid c,previously cut out, is placed upon the ange of the tubular body a. Foruniting the ring of celluloid to the border of the ring Z1 the threeparts (the tubular body, metal ring, and ring of celluloid) are placedinto a matrix, and by means of a suitable upper die the upper border dof the metal ring is pressed into the ring of celluloid c. (See Figs. 2and After the ring of celluloid has been united to the metal ring,whereby at the same time the metal ring and the tubular body are alsounited together, the celluloid is pressed down over the outer surface ofthe part Z by means of a suitable die. The covering material terminatesat the plane of the under surface of the ring b, which in this caseforms the engaging lange of the eyelet-that` is, the flange that comesin contact with the surface of the article in which the eyelet isinserted.

VIn the 'structure shown in Figs. 5 to 8 the metal ring t is omitted,and the flange of the tubular body has its outer portion turned up, andthis turned-up portion performs the same function as the part d, itbeing embedded in the covering material which covers the upper surfaceof the iange, the same as in the construction illustrated in Figs. l to4E;

I have referred specifically to a covering of celluloid; but it is to beunderstood that any other materials susceptible of being molded whileeither hot or cold may be employed.

It will be observed that in either form of the invention-that is, withor without the yring b-only the top or upper surface of the fianged endof the eyelet is covered by the plastic coating, and there will benothing between the metal and the material into which the eyelet isinserted. This is advantageous for the reason that the eyelet will notbe as liable to come loosened as would be the case if there was a smoothsurface of the plastic material in contact with the fabric.

What I claim is- 1. An eyelet comprising a metal body, having an upperflange, a cover of plastic material on the upper surface of saidlange,and

a metal ring on the body below the said iange,

said ring 'having an upwardly and inwardly bent flange embedded in theplastic material. 2. An eyelet of substantially tubular shape witnesses.

comprising a metal body provided with an upper flanged part having aninturned upper edge, and a coverfof plastic material in which saidinturned edge is embedded and said ma-l terialralso covering the top orupper surface of said flanged part and terminating in the plane of itslower surface, substantially as described.

3. An eyelet of substantially tubular shape, comprising a metal body,anged at its upper end, a metal ring surrounding said end and having aninwardly-bent edge inclosing said flanged upper end and a cover ofplastic material on top of and between the ring and said {ian'ged part,substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing JOHANN GASPAR ENGELS. Witnesses:

OTTO KNIG, A

J. A. RITTERSHAUS.

